Many listeners have noted the blurred line between
Marvin Gaye’s
Got To Give It Up and
Robin Thicke’s song-of-the-summer smash
Blurred Lines.

In light of that, Thicke has launched a pre-emptive strike to ensure that the resemblance of the
two songs doesn’t end up costing him money.

Thicke, along with collaborators
Pharrell Williams and
T.I., have filed a lawsuit against Gaye’s family and Bridgeport Music,
The Hollywood Reporter revealed late Thursday.

The trio of music makers say they have “the utmost respect for and admiration of Marvin Gaye,
Funkadelic (which claims that
Blurred Lines recalls its song
Sexy Ways) and their musical legacies,” but must “reluctantly file this action in the face
of multiple adverse claims from alleged successors” of those artists.

Gaye’s family and Funkadelic (whose composition is owned by Bridgeport) have insisted that
Blurred Lines is too similar to their songs.

The suit says the Gaye family is “claiming ownership of an entire genre” and that the
similarities are only common musical elements.